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"What, you two know each other or something?"
Peridot didn't say a word. Why was Sapphire in New York?!
She couldn't handle this.. what if Sapphire told Amethyst everything? Peridot wanted to tell Amethyst on her own terms.
And she couldn't just tell Sapphire to keep quiet. That would be far too suspicious.
So Peridot did the only logical thing she could think of.. she ran.
The rich girl turned on her heel and bolted out of the door, running from the police station. She ran, and she ran, and she ran. She had to get as far away as possible.
Given the circumstances, she probably shouldn't have panicked.
Peridot could have just signaled for Sapphire to not talk. Maybe shook her head at the other girl, or something.
That didn't matter now.. Peridot just ran, in the direction of her home.
She didn't know how far it was on foot, but she didn't care.
Peridot ran until she couldn't anymore.
She slowed down, clutching at a stitch in her side, wheezing. If she didn't have asthma before, she sure sounds like she has it now.
She reached into the pocket of her sweatpants, pulling out her phone as she caught her breath against the wall of a building.
"Jasper.." She spoke breathlessly, hitting the speed dial number she had set for her driver. Peridot just.. wanted to go home.
"What's up with her?" Amethyst asked Sapphire as soon as Peridot ran from the room.
The icy haired girl didn't respond at first. She was too busy replaying what had just happened in her mind.
As soon as Peridot saw Sapphire, the rich girl grew scared, terrified even. What possible reason could she have for acting like that?
Sapphire was nice to her in the orphanage, treated Peridot like a big sister, really.. so why?
Then she looked to Amethyst, who looked just as confused. The pieces of the puzzle fell into place.
Amethyst had convinced herself that it was just her and Alex at the orphanage after Ruby and Sapphire were adopted.
Peridot watched Amethyst since she stepped foot in New York on her travels.
Peridot gathered her courage for the next few months as Amethyst gained her reputation.
Then finally, the rich girl decided enough was enough, and found where Amethyst lived.. but the silver haired girl didn't remember Peridot at all.
"You don't remember her.. do you?" Sapphire asked the prostitute, though she already knew the answer.
Amethyst ignored the question, instead running from her bed to grip at the bars of her cell, fire in her eyes. Sapphire's question made Amethyst realize that Peridot was in the orphanage.. where else would they both know the rich girl?
"She was with us at the orphanage, wasn't she?"
Sapphire stood from her desk, making her way to the door without a word. Amethyst screamed after her, tears stinging her eyes.
"Wait! Tell me who she is, please! I-I don't.. I want my memory back!"
Sapphire knew how important Amethyst's memories were to her. She was surprised that the silver haired girl would have ever forgotten Peridot in the first place. They were so close..
The icy haired girl turned back to Amethyst, a small smile on her face.
"I can't tell you.. it would be better for you to remember for yourself."
"But I-"
"I'm going to bring my old therapist here.. She'll help you. I promise." With those words, Sapphire left the room, pulling her phone from the pocket of her jeans under her skirt. First of all, she was going to call Ruby and tell her the news.
Peridot was having a blanket wrapped around her by Lapis as she sat at her dining table.
She had old her employees everything.. about how another old friend arrived from the orphanage, about how Amethyst didn't remember her.. everything.
"Why don't you just tell her?"
Jasper asked this question in a rather harsh tone, not quite understanding how this situation could be so difficult. She was sitting across from the rich girl, elbow on the table.
"It's not that easy.."
Peridot spoke softly, tiredly. She had a hot cup of coffee in front of her, but she only took a couple of sips from it before never touching it again.
"It's easier than what you're doing now, Peri.."
Lapis sat beside Jasper, attempting to console her friend.
"It's unhealthy to just keep it all in."
"I don't care." Peridot's mind was set in stone. "I'm scared.."
"Why are you?" Jasper asked. "From what you told us, you were the best of friends."
"She forgot me for a reason." Peridot laid her head on the table, on top of her crossed arms. She felt so.. defeated. Like she could just sleep where she was, and not have a care in the world when she woke up.
Maybe that would be for the best.. maybe she should just forget Amethyst, like Peridot was forgotten.
Peridot closed her eyes, Lapis' and Jasper's words drifting away as Peridot succumbed to her exhaustion. That was.. until her phone started blaring.
Peridot groaned, reaching into her pocket. She considered just shutting off her phone, but looking at the caller I.D, she's glad that she didn't.
She sat up straight in her chair, clearing her throat before answering her phone.
"Hello, mother."
A couple hours have passed since Sapphire left the police station.
Ruby was sitting at the desk that Sapphire previously occupied. Other than a greeting, Amethyst didn't say much to the tomboy.
Ruby was wearing a red hoodie and black sweatpants. Her hands were covered by red and black fingerless gloves.
Amethyst was sitting in her bed, her knees drawn up to her chest, fest hidden in them. For the first time she was arrested, she wanted to get out. She wanted to find Peridot. She wanted answers.
A buzzing could be heard throughout the holding cells. It was Ruby's phone, which was laying on the desk. She picked it up, looking at the screen. A text message.
"Sapphy says she'll be here in a few minutes.."
Ruby was hoping to elicit a reaction from her old friend with the cutesy nickname she used for her girlfriend. All she got was a slight nod.
At least she understood.
Suddenly, Amethyst lifted her head. She looked over to Ruby, who sat up straight in her chair, hopeful.
"I need you to get out for a sec.."
"Oh.." Ruby's hopeful grin turned into a frown. She sighed and got up from her chair, making her way to the door. She turned back to Amethyst, who had stood from her bed.
"For how long?"
"I dunno.." Amethyst started, reaching into a plastic bag that Peridot had brought a few days ago. She pulled out a small box. "Enough time to put a pad on?"
"Oh.. okay." Ruby understood.. She left the room, deciding to stand outside the door for at least five minutes.
Amethyst went about her business. Luckily, she was able to catch herself before blood actually began to drip. Her boxer shorts remained intact. It would have been terrible to ruin them, considering that Peridot probably wasn't going to visit for a change of clothes any time soon.
She stripped from the waist down and opened the box that her pads were in.
With some struggling and loud noise from the wrapper, Amethyst opened the packaging.
She placed the pad between the cloth of her underwear and began to reclothe herself. She honestly hated the feeling of the blood just.. dripping from her. But she refused to use tampons.
"Hey, Ruby!" Amethyst called, jiggling the gate of her cell. "You can come in now!"
The door opened, and Ruby walked in. But following her was her girlfriend Sapphire, Garnet, and another woman.
This woman was of average height, maybe just a bit taller than Lapis when Amethyst saw her. She wore a grey parka over a long sleeved blouse, and she wore khaki pants.
She looked at Amethyst and smiled. Walking forward, she stuck her hand between the cell bars for Amethyst to shake.
"I'm Doctor Maheswaran. Sapphire told me all about you."
Amethyst was less than thrilled to see the doctor.. but to be polite, she took the doctor's hand.
"Amethyst.. I'm sure Sapphire told you my name too, though."
"No, actually. She left the introductions to us." Dr. Maheswaran pulled her hand away.
Garnet began to unlock Amethyst's cell door, much to the prostitute's surprise.
"We're not letting you out.." Garnet quickly explained, so as not to dash any hope. "We're letting the doctor in."
"Figures.." Amethyst crossed her arms and sat on her bed, averting her eyes from everyone else.
When the gate was opened, Dr. Maheswaran stepped in, and Garnet closed the door again, locking it.
"May I sit with you?" The doctor asked Amethyst.
The prostitute just moved herself a little to the side, leaving more than enough room for the doctor.
She took her seat, being sure to leave a comfortable distance between her and her patient.
"Now, before I start asking you 'and how does that make you feel?' over and over again.." The doctor started, earning a small smile from Amethyst with her joke. That was a good sign..
"..I wanted to ask you if you wanted your friends to stay in the room. From my experience, one on one confrontations are better for the patient, but I want you to feel as comfortable as possible."
Amethyst looked up toward the other three girls. Ruby and Sapphire were holding hands, both smiling kindly at the prostitute, and Garnet.. well she had her arms crossed, waiting for Amethyst's answer.
"If you guys don't mind..?" She asked hesitantly, to which Sapphire was quick to reply.
"Of course.. we'll be right outside, okay?"
"Yeah.." Ruby agreed. "You just get yourself settled."
"Thanks.." The couple left the room into the police station.
Garnet left the keys to Amethyst's cell in the door and began to follow her sisters.
"Hey Garnet.." The police woman stopped, turning her head to her friend.
"Yes Amethyst?"
Amethyst sighed, averting her eyes again. It actually hurt to talk about Peridot now..
"If.. if Peridot comes to visit, you know.. after this.. could you, I dunno.. tell her I'm sorry?"
"For what?" Garnet asked, surprised. From her point of view, it seemed lie the rich girl was the one that needed to apologize.
"For forgetting her."
"..of course." Sapphire had informed Garnet of the situation after she had told Ruby. The police woman could hardly believe that this kinda thing could actually happen.
"Thanks.. you're the best, you know?"
"I locked up one of my closest friends." Garnet countered, though she had a smile on her face. "I'd hardly consider that being the best." Then she left the room.
"Alright.." Amethyst said with a sigh, turning her body to face her therapist.
"Let's get started, I guess.."